Atmospheric pic there Franky Time captured.
Frankydobo:
Appropriate for the weather we are having just now, anyone recall JC Graham it rings a bell. This is Westgate Rd around 1970. Cheers Franky.
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Cracking snap there Franky 
Frankydobo:
Appropriate for the weather we are having just now, anyone recall JC Graham it rings a bell. This is Westgate Rd around 1970. Cheers Franky.
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That’s a great picture Franky, When Newcastle Corporation were supposed to keep the roads clear, They must have slept in that day 
,Regards Larry.
franky, that photo of westgate hill brought some memories back dickmans pie shop was on the left,where that road sign is, the exit from thomas bell {bero flour} was on the right just a bit further down, we had to back up the lane {villa place} with the wagon&drag to load, you couldn’t get in off rutherford street because of the camber of the road and archway into the factory, 
great job till ranks took the over then it went downhill fast,Inverness was a 5 day job, happy days
Ha aye Jim that was when every Winter we had snow and didn’t even think about it, it makes national headlines now! Loved a Dickman’s Pie, doubt I would suffer if I had one now though. Another couple of old pics, that little Trader artic seems to have a canny handball load to shift. Franky.
Hi Franky, good photo of the Tyne Bridge with MV Bessie Surtees heading downriver with power station ash from the Stella power stations. I have spent many hours waiting to unload at the Tyne Tees Shipping Co sheds in the forground back in the 1960s. I wonder what the ship was loading across the river as wagons appear to be tipping on to the Quay.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Hi Franky, good photo of the Tyne Bridge with MV Bessie Surtees heading downriver with power station ash from the Stella power stations. I have spent many hours waiting to unload at the Tyne Tees Shipping Co sheds in the forground back in the 1960s. I wonder what the ship was loading across the river as wagons appear to be tipping on to the Quay.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Hi Leyland 600", IIRC, It would have been loading Lime from the ICI Works at Prudhoe, Shorts Cargo Handling had the job, The tippers had to reverse up a ramp and tip onto a belt Etc, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Leyland600:
Hi Franky, good photo of the Tyne Bridge with MV Bessie Surtees heading downriver with power station ash from the Stella power stations. I have spent many hours waiting to unload at the Tyne Tees Shipping Co sheds in the forground back in the 1960s. I wonder what the ship was loading across the river as wagons appear to be tipping on to the Quay.
Cheers, Leyland 600.Hi Leyland 600", IIRC, It would have been loading Lime from the ICI Works at Prudhoe, Shorts Cargo Handling had the job, The tippers had to reverse up a ramp and tip onto a belt Etc, Regards Larry.
This picture shows the Ramps & The elevator the tippers used at this time, Regards Larry.
Hi Oily, Billy Thompson was brought up near Aspatria I believe and married a girl from a farm near Wigton who was a great friend and schoolfriend of my mother as young women attending local village hall dances etc, Christmas cards between the two women continued for many years.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Thanks Lawrence, I remember seeing the ramp parked on the quay when I drove along there which was quite frequent in the 1960s to deliver to the various sheds along the quay, 22 shed in particular then backloading from Spillers or Ranks.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Stuck behind my uncle’s F89 are a couple of well known but long gone John Dee,s MAN,s in their distinctive bright yellow colours, think this is on one of the drags over the A66 before a lot of it was made up to dual carriageway.
Leyland600:
Hi Oily, Billy Thompson was brought up near Aspatria I believe and married a girl from a farm near Wigton who was a great friend and schoolfriend of my mother as young women attending local village hall dances etc, Christmas cards between the two women continued for many years.
Cheers Leyland 600.
History here Leyland 600 including photo of the founders Bill and Madge thompsonsofprudhoe.com/history/
Cheers
Oily
jshepguis:
Stuck behind my uncle’s F89 are a couple of well known but long gone John Dee,s MAN,s in their distinctive bright yellow colours, think this is on one of the drags over the A66 before a lot of it was made up to dual carriageway.
Not long gone now trading as KATEM
Frankydobo:
Shame about Ron Tailford Larry, I knew him from Van Hee, Ron wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea but I got on well with him, shame I was unable to make the last Van Hee drink as I think he was there. Condolences to the family and RIP Ron.
Hi Franky, I attended Rons funeral today, There was a fantastic turn out, And his family gave him a good service send off,Im sure he will be sadley missed by a lot of people ,Once Again RIP Ron, Regards Larry.
Brian J SMITH:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Brian J SMITH:
1Hi Brian, This load of transformers would have been loaded at Slaters at Blaydon IIRC, And the Scania ended its days at F Short & Sons Felling I think the late Syd Davison drove it, Regards Larry.
Yes that was slaters. They got alot of work out of there! Old Scania did go to F SHORTS The 111 was run by JOHN for two years after Mrs Armstrong closed the doors. He bought volvo F10 after it!. JOHN LYONS bought the 111! cheers Brian.
My dad Harry Lyon bought the 111 not my uncle John and there’s a picture of it next to TGR 980R in a post about Bedale Transport
metcalfe135:
Brian J SMITH:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Brian J SMITH:
1Hi Brian, This load of transformers would have been loaded at Slaters at Blaydon IIRC, And the Scania ended its days at F Short & Sons Felling I think the late Syd Davison drove it, Regards Larry.
Yes that was slaters. They got alot of work out of there! Old Scania did go to F SHORTS The 111 was run by JOHN for two years after Mrs Armstrong closed the doors. He bought volvo F10 after it!. JOHN LYONS bought the 111! cheers Brian.
My dad Harry Lyon bought the 111 not my uncle John and there’s a picture of it next to TGR 980R in a post about Bedale Transport
Hi Brian, Johns Volvo F 10, Was sold to Laurence Moffit at Street House Ponteland, He ran it out of Fourstones Paper Mill for a while, I don’t know where it went after Moffit had it, Regards Larry.
